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Full name: Rubin Pollock
Nickname: Born: October 7, 1990 Astrological Sign: Libra Chinese Zodiac Sign: Horse Life Path Number: 9 Background: 1/4 American, 3/4 Icelandic First album bought: "In Utero" by Nirvana when he was 11 (from All Access Music) Favorite Jam: "Rabarbara ávaxtasulta -- rhubarb jam, my favorite jam in the world!" (learn how to pronounce it in this video) Other: likes cookies and milk at 3am; chess player (from Ones to Watch Tour Secrets); used to be a kindergarten teacher before he became a professional musician (from popculturedaily) |
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What are your top five all-time favourite albums?
From his Interview Dead Strings, Quiet Places, and the Songs That Stay: Interview with Rubin Pollock (frischnews)
Oh that is a hard one. That list changes constantly, but lately I’ve been deep in a hardcore country phase. I went all in on Willie Nelson, read his autobiography, got obsessed not just with the music but with the person he is. I admire him immensely. I actually love his early, clean-cut era from the early ’60s. I know it’s not the most iconic Willie period, since everyone talks about Outlaw Willie in the ’70s, but my favourite album is one of those early records, around ’62. Hearing him sing songs he wrote, before all the mythology kicked in, is incredibly powerful.
Bob Dylan is another big one. For a long time, I didn’t really care about lyrics at all, but about eight years ago, something clicked, and I started really listening to words. That’s when Dylan finally hit me. Albums like Self Portrait and Rough and Rowdy Ways completely changed how I hear music.
Nina Simone’s Live at Montreux 1976 is unreal. Hands down my favourite performer of all time. She’s so honest and present, she gives the music exactly what it needs in the moment, nothing more, nothing less.
Another one is Histoire de Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg. That album has such a specific sound, everything feels dry and dead in the best way. The string arrangements, Gainsbourg doing spoken-word poetry in French, it’s just its own world.
Lately I’ve also been listening a lot to The Blue Yusef Lateef.
From his Interview Dead Strings, Quiet Places, and the Songs That Stay: Interview with Rubin Pollock (frischnews)
Oh that is a hard one. That list changes constantly, but lately I’ve been deep in a hardcore country phase. I went all in on Willie Nelson, read his autobiography, got obsessed not just with the music but with the person he is. I admire him immensely. I actually love his early, clean-cut era from the early ’60s. I know it’s not the most iconic Willie period, since everyone talks about Outlaw Willie in the ’70s, but my favourite album is one of those early records, around ’62. Hearing him sing songs he wrote, before all the mythology kicked in, is incredibly powerful.
Bob Dylan is another big one. For a long time, I didn’t really care about lyrics at all, but about eight years ago, something clicked, and I started really listening to words. That’s when Dylan finally hit me. Albums like Self Portrait and Rough and Rowdy Ways completely changed how I hear music.
Nina Simone’s Live at Montreux 1976 is unreal. Hands down my favourite performer of all time. She’s so honest and present, she gives the music exactly what it needs in the moment, nothing more, nothing less.
Another one is Histoire de Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg. That album has such a specific sound, everything feels dry and dead in the best way. The string arrangements, Gainsbourg doing spoken-word poetry in French, it’s just its own world.
Lately I’ve also been listening a lot to The Blue Yusef Lateef.
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